Research Resources
You could use this resource to find the definition of the word archaeologists.
What is a dictionary?
This page names the title of the book. It also tells who wrote the book and who drew the pictures. It even tells the name of the company that published the book.
What is the Title Page?
This book tells the story of a boy with facial deformities going to school for the first time.
What is Wonder?
The fiction and picture books in the library are arranged on the shelves are arranged according to this.
What is the author's last name?
Stories that are made up from the imagination of the author and are not true.
What is Fiction?
You use this resource to find a synonym for the word rebellion.
What is a thesaurus?
This lists all the chapters that are in the book. You can use this to find out what page each chapter begins on.
What is the Table of Contents?
This book tells the story of a thieving fish that meets a deadly end.
What is This is Not my Hat?
This is to steal or pass off the ideas or words of another as your own. Be careful not to do this when you are doing research!
What is Plagiarism?
Writing dealing with facts and events rather than the imagination.
What is Non-Fiction?
This database provides access to pictures that are free from copyright.
What is Britannica Image Quest?
This is the part of the book that faces outwards on the shelf.
What is the spine?
This wordless book won the Caldecott Medal in 2018 as well as the Quaker Ridge book award.
What is Wolf in the Snow?
This type of behavior is not new, but technology has made it much worse. Students target other students and use their devices to say mean things.
What is cyberbullying?
A fictional story where the characters have to be detectives to solve a problem.
What is a Mystery?
This encyclopedia database is Ms. Byrnes' favorite. If you look long enough, the owl may just wink at you.
What is Fact Cite?
The part of a textbook that might list the meaning of the word tsunami?
What is the glossary?
This fictional book uses the real life prison break in upstate New York.
What is Breakout?
This is the award for best picture book of the year.
What is the Caldecott Medal?
A non-fiction book about a real persons life and their accomplishments.
What is a Biography?
This is the website that you use to find books in the QRS library.
What is Destiny or the library catalog?
An alphabetical listing of all topics/items usually found at the end of a book.
What is an index?
This picture book by Dan Santat continues the story of Humpty Dumpty.
What After the Fall?
How are the books in the non fiction section organized?
What is by number or topic?
A fictional story where the setting and characters are part of a notable period in history.
What is historical fiction?